use strict;
my $str = 'Some Garbage text
ltm virtual The_Name_51244_sdfasfdasd {
address-status yes
enabled
fallback-persistence none
profiles {
/Common/GLOBAL_PROFILE {
context all
}
/Common/http {
context all
}
}
rate-class none
rules {
/Common/X-F-F
}
log-profiles none
source-address-translation {
pool SOME-SNAT-POOL
type snat
}
source-port preserve
vlans {
Vlan1111
}
service-down-immediate-action none
service-policy none
source 0.0.0.0/0
}
barbage text
ltm virtual The_Object_51244 {
address-status yes
enabled
fallback-persistence none
profiles {
/Common/GLOBAL_PROFILE {
context all
}
/Common/http {
context all
}
}
rate-class none
rules {
/Common/X-F-F
}
log-profiles none
source-address-translation {
pool SOME-SNAT-POOL
type snat
}
source-port preserve
vlans {
Vlan2222
}
service-down-immediate-action none
service-policy none
source 0.0.0.0/0
}
Trailing garbage text';
my $regex = qr/((ltm virtual) ([a-zA-Z0-9_-]*) {(.|\n)*?})/mp;
if ( $str =~ /$regex/g ) {
print "Whole match is ${^MATCH} and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[0] and \$+[0]\n";
# print "Capture Group 1 is $1 and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[1] and \$+[1]\n";
# print "Capture Group 2 is $2 ... and so on\n";
}
# ${^POSTMATCH} and ${^PREMATCH} are also available with the use of '/p'
# Named capture groups can be called via $+{name}
Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Perl, please visit: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html